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Hellfire builds success record in Iraq
Published: Jan. 8, 2008 at 5:57 PM

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin said Tuesday its
Hellfire missile has logged new records of success in Iraq and
Afghanistan.

"All three missile configurations (of the Hellfire air-to-ground
missile) as well as the fire-and-forget, adverse-weather-capable
millimeter-wave radar Longbow Hellfire -- AGM-114L -- have been used
successfully by U.S. and (British) forces in Iraq and Afghanistan,"
Lockheed Martin said in a statement.

"More than 6,800 rounds have been fired from several platforms,
including the U.S. Army's Apache and the Marine Corps' Cobra attack
helicopters, the Kiowa scout helicopter, the U.S. Air Force's Predator
and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and the (British) Army Air Corps'
Apache aircraft," the company said.

"Of particular importance is Hellfire's precision-strike capability,"
said Ken Musculus, program director, Air-to-Ground Missile Systems at
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "This has allowed our
forces to defeat insurgents in urban conflicts with minimal collateral
damage and low risk of harm to friendly forces and civilians."

"With more than 21,000 rounds produced for the U.S. and 13
international customers, Hellfire II has been successfully integrated
with every leading attack helicopter in the U.S. and many Allied
fleets. It is also capable of surface launch from several ground
vehicles, tripods and small vessels," Lockheed Martin said.

"Hellfire II is approved for international sales both through the
foreign military sales system and direct commercial sales," it said

"The Hellfire II production contract includes three variants: the high-
explosive anti-tank missile -- AGM-114K -- used against armored
targets; the blast fragmentation missile -- AGM-114M -- effective
against ships, caves, light armored vehicles, buildings, bunkers and
other urban targets; and the metal augmented charge missile --
AGM-114N -- which provides an enhanced blast fragmentation effect
against enclosed structures and enemy combatants," the company said.

"Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services," the company said.